Chabot-Las Positas Community College District Hiring for Mentor Program Assistant Director at Chabot College, 25555 Hesperian Blvd., Hayward, CA 94545 Full Time

Job Title:

Mentor Program Assistant Director

Position Type:

Management

Position Code:

2ASS05

FTE:

1

Pay Rate (or Annual Salary):

$111,300 – $135,300/annual

Job Location:

Chabot College, 25555 Hesperian Blvd., Hayward, CA 94545

Department:

Early Childhood Mentor Program

Job Summary:

The Chabot College Community

Chabot College is committed to educational equity in its academic programs and college services so that students may achieve their personal, educational, and career goals. Our equity work today builds upon a strong history: the Puente and Umoja programs were first created at Chabot College, and have since been replicated across the state. These programs have paved the way for a series of additional educational and student support programs intentionally focused on equity that thrive at Chabot College today. Chabot College is located in Hayward, California, the third most diverse city in the United States. We serve a highly diverse student population and are proud to be designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution. Information about the demographics of our campus community can be found here.

Serving our diverse community requires a culturally-responsive approach that recognizes the myriad strengths and assets that our students bring to the campus community. We do so by promoting a classroom and co-curricular learning environment that is inclusive, collaborative, engaging, and challenging, and where respect, dignity, and integrity are core values. We see students as producers of knowledge, not just consumers of knowledge. We work to reframe inequities as a problem of practice, and view the elimination of inequities as an individual and institutional responsibility.

Joining Our College Community

We seek equity-minded applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits diversity brings to an educational community. We look for applicants who:

1. Value and intentionally promote diversity and consciousness of difference

2. Demonstrate cultural humility and an ongoing desire to improve cultural competence
3. Are dedicated to addressing issues of social justice
4. Accept their shared role and responsibility in addressing opportunity and achievement gaps experienced by students
5. Have experience and success in closing student equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices, or are knowledgeable and enthusiastic about implementing practices that achieve these goals
6. Actively seek to identify, disrupt, and remove institutional and/or systemic barriers that adversely impact historically marginalized communities
7. Empower the underrepresented and underserved
8. Foster students’ potential to become global citizens and socially responsible leaders
9. Believe that all people have the right to an education and work environment free from fear, harassment, or discrimination
The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District is seeking a Mentor Program Assistant Director for Chabot College in Hayward, California.

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
Under general direction of the Mentor Program Director, participate in the management and administration of the California Early Childhood Mentor Program; assist in the development of policies and procedures, resource materials, program publicity, and program expansion materials; provide administrative and technical support to statewide program participants; coordinate, plan, and implement program trainings; collect and analyze data and prepare a variety of reports; approve and monitor program expenditures; and assume management responsibility in the absence of the Director.

This is a grant/categorically funded position. Continuation of this position is contingent upon available funding on a year to year basis.

NOTE: This administrative class specification is not necessarily all-inclusive in terms of duties and responsibilities.

Representative Duties:

1. Participate in planning, organizing, managing, and directing the California Early Childhood Mentor Program’s operations and activities; assist in developing policies and procedures; perform a full range of general administrative responsibilities;
2. Prepare, process, and monitor complex contracts;

3. Provide support and technical assistance to College Coordinators and other program participants in a multi-grant environment;

4. Prepare and present reports with financial/policy recommendations to program staff, funders, legislators, and other interested parties;

5. Analyze and interpret local, state, and federal legislation and regulations for policy and financial impact on the Mentor Program; analyze existing and proposed Mentor Program policies and procedures;

6. Create, design, and develop various resources related to the California Early Childhood Mentor Program; develop various handbooks and guidebooks; create and develop program and presentation materials;

7. Plan and organize trainings in a variety of venues; assess needs; identify and engage appropriate trainers for conferences, manager’s meetings, and practitioners;

8. Approve monthly invoices submitted to the Childcare and Development Division of the California Department of Social Services (DSS); authorize payments as necessary; and collaborate with them on meeting content;

9. Participate in formulating funding proposals;
10. Represent the Mentor Program at public forums, conferences, meetings, hearings, and related events; represent the Mentor Program at legislative hearings and provide public testimony as appropriate;

11. Maintain ongoing communications with program participants, colleges, the field, and other interested parties;

12. Explain, justify, and defend programs, policies, and activities; negotiate and resolve sensitive and controversial issues;

13. Select, train, motivate, and evaluate assigned personnel; provide or coordinate staff training; work with employees to correct deficiencies; implement discipline and termination procedures;

14. Attend and participate in professional group meetings; maintain awareness of new trends and developments in the field of public policy and early childhood education; incorporate new developments as appropriate;

15. Perform related duties as required.

Minimum Education and Experience:

Any combination of the following would provide a typical way to obtain the required knowledge and abilities.

Education/Training:
A Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in early childhood education, public or business administration, or a related field.

Experience:
Three years of progressively responsible experience in early childhood education program administration that includes contract administration, legislative/administrative policy analysis, budget analysis, and financial/fiscal analysis.

Work with and exhibit sensitivity to and understanding of the varied racial, ethnic, cultural, sexual orientation, academic, socio-economic, and disabled populations of community college students.

Minimum Qualifications:

Knowledge of:
1. Principles and practices of early childhood education program development and administration including program design, implementation and evaluation;
2. Demonstrated working knowledge of, and leadership in, the field of early childhood education;
3. Early childhood education public policy arena including public policy issues concerning the relation between higher education and workforce/employment trends;
4. Principles and practices of budget preparation and administration;
5. Grant development and management principles and practices;
6. Principles of supervision, training, and performance evaluation;
7. Principles and procedures of financial record keeping and reporting;
8. Principles and practices of fiscal, statistical, and administrative research and report preparation including research skills for monitoring and collecting data for research purposes;
9. Interpersonal skills using tact, patience, and courtesy;
10. English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation;
11. Oral and written communication skills;
12. Office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases;
13. Pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations including local, state, and federal laws, regulations, restrictions, and requirements related to assigned program area;
14. Principles and practices of public speaking.

Ability to:
1. Assist in coordinating, managing, and directing the California Early Childhood Mentor Program;
2. Participate in the development and implementation of policies, procedures, goals, and objectives for assigned program areas;
3. Analyze and assess programs, policies, and operational needs and make appropriate adjustments;
4. Make recommendations and implement a plan of action to address program functioning;
5. Conduct contract and budget analysis and preparation;
6. Research, analyze, and evaluate new service delivery methods and techniques;
7. Maintain current knowledge of trends related to early childhood education;
8. Plan, organize, direct, and coordinate the work of assigned staff;
9. Select, supervise, train, and evaluate staff;
10. Work effectively in a multi-grant environment;
11. Interpret, apply, and explain District, College, and program area policies, regulations, and requirements;
12. Understand the organization and operation of the District, College, and of outside agencies as necessary to assume assigned responsibilities;
13. Apply excellent communication skills including English language writing and grammar skills; communicate effectively via written correspondence, listening, speaking, and communicating complex ideas clearly;
14. Coordinate assigned functions with other District and College departments as well as other agencies as appropriate; collaborate with organizations and individuals on relevant policy and strategic issues;
15. Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions, and implement recommendations in support of goals;
16. Conduct meetings and serve on a variety of committees;
17. Prepare and present complex and comprehensive narrative and statistical written and verbal reports including a variety of mandated and requested reports;
18. Operate office equipment including computers and supporting word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications;
19. Manage multiple projects simultaneously and be sensitive to changing priorities and deadlines;
20. Work with and exhibit sensitivity to and understanding of the varied racial, ethnic, cultural, sexual orientation, academic, socio-economic, and disabled populations of community college students;
21. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Physical Demands and Working Environment:

Working Environment:
Work is performed primarily in a standard office setting with travel to different sites and locations to attend meetings and conferences. Must be able to provide own transportation.

Physical Activities:
Performing the duties of this job involves the physical activities associated with working in an office setting, including: standing and/or sitting for prolonged periods of time; operating office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard; verbally communicating to exchange information; lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling light to moderate amounts of weight; and occasionally stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, reaching and/or twisting. This position also involves regular travel to various locations.

EEO Statement:

It is the policy of this District to provide equal opportunity in all areas of
employment practices and to assure that there shall be no discrimination against
any person on the basis of sex, ancestry, age, marital status, race, religious
creed, mental disability, medical condition (including HIV and AIDS), color,
national origin, physical disability, family or sexual preference status and other
similar factors in compliance with Title IX, Sections 503 and 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act, other federal and state non-discrimination regulations, and its
own statements of philosophy of objectives. The District encourages the filing of
applications by both sexes, ethnic minorities, and the disabled.

Posting Number:

AS631P

Open Date:

04/27/2023

Close Date:

05/24/2023

Open Until Filled:

No

Special Instructions to Applicants:

The Board of Trustees has updated Board Policy 7330 to incorporate information on COVID vaccination requirements, which are currently suspended. Accordingly, employee(s) must comply with the Board Policy found at:
http://districtazure.clpccd.org/policies/files/docs/BP7330.pdf.

Any subsequent updates can be found here: http://districtazure.clpccd.org/urgentalerts/index.php.

Notification to Applicants:

The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District reserves the right to close or not fill any advertised position

Instructions for Personal Qualifications Statement:

The purpose of the personal qualifications statement is for you to provide information on how your education and experience relate to the requirements and duties of the position. There is no form to complete. Applicants are requested to provide their personal qualifications statement by uploading a document, the same way as you do for your cover letter.